The North Adams Shoe Company, also known as the Weber Brothers Shoe Company, was established in 1889. The Weber Brothers consisting of A. C. Weber, William J. Weber, Theodore L. Weber, Emmet C. Weber…

In 1925, the year that William Henry Johnson was first elected as Mayor of North Adams, the City Hall occupied space roughly where the Burger King is located today. A man of frail health when he took…

Faxon Bowen was born in Readsboro, VT on May 11, 1876. His father was for many years a judge of the Bennington County Court. He went to school in Readsboro through the eighth grade, and then attended…

Hiram Torrey Cady was a prominent figure in late 19th and early 20th-century Massachusetts, known for his contributions to both the industrial and political landscapes of the region. Born on January…

"A parent's worst fear is losing a child, and should you lose a child, the biggest fear becomes that the child will be forgotten." Donna Morgan, 2007.

Anna Helen Croft McCuen was a woman born in North Adams in 1889, where she grew up and then studied at the North Adams Normal School to be a special class teacher, teaching first at Brayton School…

Fleeing capture around 1802, a fugitive slave woman found herself cornered until one man, at great personal risk, took her in and hid her from those who sought to return her to bondage. That man was…

George Hadley was the key backer for building the overpass that now bears his name.